Llanos-Figueroa, Dahlma
Summary: "A groundbreaking historical novel from a heralded author that explores the seldom discussed Puerto Rican Atlantic Slave Trade. At a time when importing humans from Africa had been prohibited by the Spanish Crown, Pola and other slave women provide their master with babies who are immediately taken away and sold on the auction block. Her serial rapes by a number of men are routine and often...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Amistad 2022
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LLASummary: Centered around a small group of American soldiers stationed at a checkpoint in Iraq. Alternates points of view between these soldiers, the media and the local Iraqi people illuminating how each group is deeply affected by the current conflict and their encounters with each other.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Magnolia Home Entertainment 2008
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF REDLlanos, Mariana
Summary: In this tale set in the ancient Inka empire, Little Chaski has a big job: he is the Inka King's newest royal messenger. But on his first day things quickly start to go awry. Will Little Chaski be able to deliver the royal message on time?
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Barefoot Books 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE LLALlanos, Mariana
Summary: "Benita loves to read in bed but keeps getting interrupted by a whistling Tunche, a scary Supay and other spooky creatures from Peruvian lore. To the creatures' disbelief, Benita is so absorbed by her book that she's not the least bit scared of them. This humorous celebration of bedtime reading puts a global twist on taking the "scary" out of monsters"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Barefoot Books 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE LLAFigueroa, Raissa
Summary: "Capturing a child's perspective and infused with gentle humor, Raissa Figueroa's tender, insightful look at fathers is an irresistible ode to the bond between daddies and the children they love. Whether it's exploring, learning, dreaming--or anything in between--all daddies love doing things with their kids. In fact, the only thing they love more than spending time with their kids is the kids...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Clarion Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE FIGClearwater, Dahlia
Summary: "Delightful food and drink recipes inspired by Netflix's hit show Bridgerton and Julia Quinn's bestselling novels. Finger sandwiches, pastries, roasts, desserts, cocktails, and more!"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Skyhorse Publishing 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.53 CLEAdler, Dahlia
Summary: Larissa Bogdan was supposed to spend her summer babysitting and bookselling. Instead, she tagged along with her mom to the Outer Banks, working on her tan and making new friends. Now she's back and starting her senior year at Stratford High, only to face another unexpected turn: She's finally attracted the attention of superstar quarterback Chase Harding, the guy she's crushed on since middle...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wednesday Books 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC ADLAdler, Dahlia
Summary: Told in alternating timelines, Jewish seventeen-year-old Natalya spends one summer in New York with her dad, trying to muster the courage to talk to her girl crush, and the other in Los Angeles with her estranged mom, going for a guy she never saw coming.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wednesday Books 2023
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC ADLFigueres, Christiana
Summary: "In this cautionary but optimistic book, Figueres and Rivett-Carnac--the architects of the 2015 Paris Climate Change Agreement--tackle arguably the most urgent and consequential challenge humankind has ever faced: the world's changing climate and the fate of humanity. In The Future We Choose, the authors outline two possible scenarios for the planet. In one, they describe what life on Earth...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 363.738 FIGTurcios, Omar Figueroa.
Summary: "David lives in a world surrounded by incredible animals who are with him from the moment he gets up until he goes to sleep: when he eats his breakfast, when he plays, when he does his homework, and even when he takes his bath. Enter David's magical world and enjoy a day full of adventures!"--Cover back.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Cuento De Luz 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE Fiction Turcios 2012Adler, Dahlia
Summary: Amber McCloud's dream is to become cheer captain at the end of the year, but it's an extra-tall order to be joyful and spirited when the quarterback of your team has been killed in a car accident. For both the team and the squad, watching Robbie get replaced by newcomer Jack Walsh is brutal. And when it turns out Jack is actually short for Jaclyn, all hell breaks loose. The players refuse to be...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wednesday Books 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC ADLAdler, Dahlia
Summary: "Home Field Advantage has it all. A swoony romance, characters you will be cheering for from start to finish, and a plot that sucks you in from the very first page. An instant favorite, perfectly capturing the power in being true to yourself and fighting for what is right." - Rachael Lippincott, #1 New York Times bestselling coauthor of Five Feet Apart and She Gets the Girl Amber McClouds dream...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA FIC ADLWest, Dahlia.
Summary: Jimmy "Easy" Turnbull lost more than just his lower right leg during his time in Iraq. The confident man whose good looks charmed countless women into bed has been gone for over three years. In his place is a surly and defensive wounded warrior plagued by self-doubt and anger. Daisy Cutter doesn't give a damn what people think, not about her tattoos, her piercings, or anything else. Other...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Tantor Audio 2016
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Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Celestial Arts 1989
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 649.1 DANDymott, Elanor
Summary: "On the death of the celebrated photographer Max Hollingbourne, his daughter, Ruthie, returns to his villa in Greece after fifteen years in exile. The youngest and estranged member of a once close-knit London family, Ruthie is haunted by a dark secret from her childhood, one that fractured her family and drove her mother to madness. Still, following her father's death, she and her older sister,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Company 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC DYMLanois, Daniel.
Contents: I love you -- Falling at your feet -- As tears roll by -- Sometimes -- Shine -- Transmitter -- San Juan -- Matador -- Space Kay -- Slow giving -- Fire -- Power of one -- JJ leaves LA.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Anti/Epitaph 2003
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK LANMorissette, Alanis.
Contents: Thank you -- Head over feet -- 8 easy steps -- Everything -- Crazy -- Ironic -- Princes familiar (MTV unplugged) -- You learn -- Simple together -- You oughta know -- That I would be good -- Sister blister -- Hands clean -- Mercy -- Still -- Uninvited -- Let's do it (let's fall in love) -- Hand in my pocket.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Maverick 2005
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK MORPahlka, Jennifer
Summary: "A bold call to reexamine how our government operates-and sometimes fails to-from President Obama's former deputy chief technology officer and the founder of Code for America. Just when we most need our government to work-to decarbonize our infrastructure and economy, to help the vulnerable through a pandemic, to defend ourselves against global threats-it is faltering. Government at all levels...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Metropolitan Books, Henry Holt and Company 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 352.7 PAHPlants, Trilby
Summary: When Alyssa Mallory crashes into Nick Trammel’s car, she is plunged into a roller coaster adventure. Her home is ransacked. Two men shoot at her and Nick, and Alyssa’s friend is shot. Nick forces her to go with him into the wilderness of northern Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, running from the two men who Nick says will kill both of them to get information they believe he has. But he doesn’t know...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tribly Plants 0000
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction PlantsCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC PLACopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: P FIC PLAMorissette, Alanis.
Contents: Front row (4:12) -- Baba (4:28) -- Thank u (4:17) -- Are you still mad (4:03) -- Sympathetic character (5:11) -- That I would be good (4:16) -- The couch (5:23) -- Can't not (4:35) -- Ur (3:30) -- I was hoping (3:49) -- One (4:39) -- Would not come (4:04) -- Unsent (4:09) -- So pure (2:50) -- Joining you (4:24) -- Heart of the house (3:45) -- Your congratulations (3:54).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Maverick Recording 1998
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD PM Morissette 1998Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK MORDahlén, Micael
Summary: "How many unread emails are there in your inbox? How many hours of sleep did you get last week? How many steps did you walk today? We're drowning in digits and immersed in integers, and More Numbers Every Day, by internationally renowned economics professors Micael Dahlen and Helge Thorbjørnsen is a timely and powerful investigation - and warning - about the trouble numbers can bring us. Today...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Books 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 510 DAHDrolma, Choying.
Contents: Padmakara -- Palden rangjung -- Vakritunda -- Kyamdro semkye -- Gayatri -- Song of realization -- Yumchen tukar -- Mandala offering -- Chenrezi -- Chendren -- Je lama.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Six Degrees 2004
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD NEW AGE DrolmLanois, Daniel
Summary: Constructed entirely from the sounds of the pedal steel guitar, Daniel Lanois on the pedal steel and his mate Rocco Deluca on the lap steel with compositional rigour that recalls the twentieth century dreamscapes of Ravel and Debussy, with a sense of sonic futurism and yet also with the naturalness that can only come from someone rooted in centuries of grassroots music.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016